It was another enthralling day's racing at the 42nd Trofeo S.A.R. Princess Sofia MAPFRE, the third of seven regattas on the ISAF Sailing World Cup series, in Palma, Spain.

Just two points separate the top four in the men's 470 after an intriguing day of racing in Palma.

Australia's Mathew Belcher and Malcolm Page, last year's ISAF Sailing World Cup Champions, won the fifth race of the regatta but finished 20th in the sixth. They are joint top on 18 points with Nicolas Charbonnier and Jeremie Mion (FRA) but the Australian's are top by virtue of races won.

On 20 points in the men's 470 are Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell (GBR) and Pierre Leboucher and Vincent Garos (FRA). Following a strong opening two days in the regatta, that included three race wins and an eighth place finish, Patience and Bithell struggled on the third day finishing ninth and 24th in Races 5 and 6.

Leboucher and Garos were the most consistent of the top four throughout the day finishing 4-1 but they are in fourth having won one less races than the Brits.

For the second out of three race days Dorian Van Rijsselberge (NED) won both of the races in the 66-boat men's RS:X fleet. His double bullets on the first and third day have given him the overall lead.

But the Dutchman is not running away with the lead after finishing eighth and 16th on the second day for a cumulative total of 12 points with one drop. The consistent Nick Dempsey (GBR), yet to place outside the top six, finished 3-5 today. And with 15 points the competition is heating up heading into the fourth day in Palma.

In the women's RS:X fleet Spain's Marina Alabau has been in fantastic form over the last three day's. Today she enjoyed a bullet in Race 5 and a second place finish in Race 6.

With a total of 12 points, having dropped her ninth place finish, she tops the standings. Italy's Laura Linares finished ahead of Alabau in Race 6 for the bullet but she is some way off the Spaniard in fourth and on 28 points.

With two third place finishes in the yellow fleet today Tom Slingsby (AUS), ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year, has dropped to second place in the Laser standings with nine points. Paul Goodison took advantage of Slingsby's slip up with a 3-1 in the blue fleet today to lead by one point. But Nick Thompson (GBR) finished 1-2 in the yellow fleet to keep in contention on ten points.

Paige Railey (USA) continues to lead the Laser Radial. She did not finish Race 5 and placed fifth in Race 6. Her point's total of 13 is enough to give her the lead over Evi Van Acker (BEL) on 19 points.

Thierry Schmitter (NED) has been dominating the 2.4mR. He won the fifth race of the day and dropped his sixth place finish in Race 6. Heiko Kroger (GER) is in second and Megan Pascoe (GBR) is in third.

Tom Burton (AUS) and Alison Young (GBR) hit the right note in the Laser and Laser Radial at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as they took out the top honours and qualification spots to the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final.

It was double Australian gold in the Paralympic classes. Matt Bugg (AUS) came out on top in the 2.4mR whilst London 2012 Paralympic SKUD18 gold medallists Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch (AUS) were triumphant in the two person keelboat.

Lithuania's Juozas Bernotas came out on top in the Men's RS:X whilst Russia's Stefania Elfutina was triumphant in the Women's RS:X. Both sailors claim the first Abu Dhabi ISAF Sailing World Cup Final spots whilst Jock Calvert (AUS) and Joanna Sterling (AUS) picked up the Oceanic spots for the Emirati finale.

There was some fast paced action in the 49er and 49erFX Medal Races at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne as Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS) and Maia & Ragna Agerup (NOR) claimed the honours and Abu Dhabi final spots.

A tight group of five young Papua New Guinean (PNG) Laser sailors are stepping up their 2015 Pacific Games competition program using this week's ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne. PNG is one of 33 countries represented at the important Oceanic event, the largest Olympic sailing regatta in the southern hemisphere.

Melbourne, Australia will host the final Rio 2016 Paralympic Games qualification regatta in 2015. With just under one year until the event, the 2015 IFDS Worlds was launched at ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne.

ISAF Sailing World Cup Melbourne kick starts the journey to the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with qualification spots and top ranking points available in the Australian city.

Shawn Bennett (USA) won the Long Beach Stop of the 2015 California Dreamin' Series Sunday in this International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Grade 3 match racing regatta hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club and raced on the Long Beach Sailing Foundation's fleet of Catalina 37s.

After the limits of the southern oceans imposed by the combination of the weather systems and the safety barrier of the Antarctic Exclusion Zone, the Atlantic is opening up for the top trio of the Barcelona World Race.